God uses the experiences and the temperaments of people to direct his gospel in certain directions

that are fruitful for listeners. And so by taking the human element out of it completely, I think we do stand

to lose some of the power and effectiveness that comes when God's people write and proclaim

and share and compose out of their own human embodied experiences that the Lord has given them.

Samuel James serves as an acquisitions editor and director of content development at Crossway.

Shane Morris also serves as an acquisitions editor at Crossway, and they both contributed to

scrolling ourselves to death, reclaiming life in a digital age, published at Crossway, and they both contributed to scrolling ourselves to death,

reclaiming life in a digital age, published by Crossway in partnership with the Gospel Coalition.

Samuel, Shane, thanks for joining me today on the Crossway podcast.

My pleasure, first time.

Thanks, Matt.

So a few stats to start us off today that I thought could be helpful to share.

So according to a recent U.S. poll, seven out of ten people in the U.S. said they'd used AI tools and mostly chatbots at least once with nearly half of those people.

So five out of ten saying that they use it daily or at least weekly.

And then furthermore, earlier this month, Microsoft released a report based on an analysis of

37 million chat conversations with their AI tool copilot.

And I just want to quote a little bit from what they said in their report because I think

it's really interesting and telling as we think about where all this technology is moving.

So they write, quote, while searching for information remains co-pilot's most popular feature,

we've seen a clear rise in people seeking advice, especially on personal topics, whether it's

navigating relationships, making life decisions,

or just needing a bit of guidance, more users are turning to co-pilot for thoughtful support,

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